Roger Hammond (cyclist)

Roger Hammond

Hammond at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full name	Roger Hammond
Born	(1974-01-30) 30 January 1974 Oxford
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Team information
Current team	Team Dimension Data
Discipline	Road and Cyclo-cross
Role	Directeur sportif Rider (retired)
Rider type	Classics Specialist
Professional team(s)
1998–2004	Collstrop–De Federale Verzekeringen
2005–2006	Discovery Channel
2007–2008	T-Mobile Team
2009–2010	Cervélo TestTeam
2011	Garmin–Cervélo
Managerial team(s)
2013–	Madison Genesis
2016–	Team Dimension Data
Major wins
One-Day Races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2003, 2004) National Cyclo-cross Championships (1994, 2000–2004, 2006, 2008)
Infobox last updated on 27 September 2016

Roger Hammond (born 30 January 1974) is an English retired bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling. Hammond grew up in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School as a teenager.^[1] While still at school he won the 1992 world junior cyclo-cross championship in Leeds, but elected to concentrate on his university studies before pursuing a cycling career. He was the British road champion in 2003 and 2004. He rode for Discovery Channel in 2005-2006, for Team High Road in 2007–2008, for Cervélo TestTeam in 2009–2010, and Garmin–Cervélo in 2011.^[2]

Hammond rode for the Great Britain team in the 2005 and 2006 Tour of Britain.

In July 2012 Roger Hammond was announced as the Team Manager of the newly formed Madison-Genesis team.^[3] In November 2015 he announced that he would join Team Dimension Data as a sports director for the 2016 season, combing the position with his Madison-Genesis role.^[4]

Hammond has also worked as a pundit for ITV4, providing analysis of the Vuelta a España.^[5]

Major results

Roger Hammond in the 2006 Tour of Britain in London

References